I know that this post sounds extremely conspiratorial, so I'm worried that I might be breaking some rule, but I hope that you read on a bit to understand why I feel so compelled to ask this question in this particular subreddit.

I learned about this belief today from my mother and her boyfriend (both Vietnamese) while I was asking them about their respective histories of how the Vietnam war brought them to the U.S..

Naturally in the course of their explanation, they gave me a run down of who Ho Chi Minh was, what he was doing in France at the end of WWI, his arrest in Hong Kong, and then they mentioned something that I had never heard of before, and that is: there were TWO Ho Chi Minhs.

The REAL Ho Chi Minh who died in Hong Kong in the 1930s, and the replacement Ho Chi Minh that showed up back in Vietnam towards the tail end of WWII to join the Vietminh in fighting off the Japanese. This imposter was purportedly a Chinese agent whose purpose was to promote communist influence.

I'm unable to find any sources about this whatsoever, but my mother and her bf (who never talk about this stuff with each other) brought up this fact as if it were common knowledge. I even asked them if this sentiment is common amongst the Vietnamese and they both confirmed, saying that only French, Vietnamese, and Chinese historians are savvy to fact.

I was wondering if anyone had any information about this hypothesis and how it became popularized, and had any thoughts on its verisimilitude.

I'm curious. How accurate are the foundational legends of the Swahili city states claiming to have been started by Arab and Persian nobility? I can't help but shake the feeling like this was perhaps in part legitimization by connecting the ruling families however distantly to Mohammed.

I have a feeling King Charles would have had a much better chance of winning the war if another country had directly aided the Royalists, so why didn't they? Was Charles that unpopular of a figure to the rest of Europe?

These days, a lot of people wear T shirts, Suits, tie, dress shoes, jeans etc etall around the world. Pardon my ignorance, but I believe that most of these things were developed in the West.

The most common is the suit and tie. This is worn by almost every world leader in public no matter where they're from. For example, the President of South Africa doesn't wear traditional Clothing from that area. However somebody like Modhi dresses up somewhat traditionally.

I've watch a lot of travel videos and have travelled to a few places around the world. Lots of people dress up like people here in North America.

We know ancient slingers used lead bullets as well as stone, but what about steel ones?

Hi! I'm a native Spanish speaker. I can read text like "el cantar del mio cid" with no problem (just have to read it slowly) most other Spanish speakers I know have no problem with old Spanish. I'm also a Spanish speaker and a french speaker. I can't read any old English I can only read starting from early modern. Same with french I can only Star reading it from early modern.

But old Spanish I can read just fine and only see very minor changes.

Why did Spanish change relatively so little over time compared to English and french?

P.s I've been fluent in English since I was a kid and mostly read in English, I only read books that where originally in Spanish in Spanish. I don't read much in french I think I've only ever read two books in french.

I’ve been scrolling through Reddit’s search function in this sub about the American revolution, but most things with answers and sources are rather specific questions. They’ve helped deepens my understanding but leave me wanting more.

I can find plenty of collections of papers and essays published during that time, but I cannot find any guidance on which books are actually suitable for learning about the time period and which are hogwash.

I also feel that “comprehensive” books would probably be in contradiction to my goals, as I don’t want to be skipping details no matter how minor or insignificant they may seem. Sometimes the smallest brushstrokes make the picture more important.

If this isn’t the right sub for this question please let me know.

Did he feel he was selling out Taiwan? If not, why not? Didn't he feel he was selling out traditional American ideals about democracy? Why were so few Republicans outraged by it? Did he get a sign-off from leading political figures in the U.S. before he did it?

I’m aware that the U.S. was prepared to drop a 3rd atomic bomb based on the existence of the “demon core”. Where was this going to be dropped in Japan and are there any significant facts surrounding this 3rd bomb?

In addition, what was the impact of the establishment of the Crusader States on the political scene of the Middle East?

Is this historically accurate? I can’t find any information online or at the library to back this up and it is bugging me! Thinking about women being stuck there, just because her husband committed her for something stupid like “overactive menstruation” or simply talking back too much...

Ok, I realise that this is perhaps the most general question ever, but I want to try my hand at writing fantasy and i'd like to get at least a general understanding of how warfare worked around either medieval times or ancient times.

I don't necessarily want a book that is specific to either of those but I would also gladly read any that is, so long as the point of entry isn't extremely high. (as I am very much a beginner when it comes to this sort of thing)

Thanks in advance!

I keep looking on google for books on native american history, but nothing really comes up. I would love to learn more about the history of the indigenous peoples of America. In addition, I'm open to suggestions for websites, videos, etc.

I can find a lot of information about the struggles they had with racism during the 1950's but I can't find anything on how well they were doing financially. Can anyone enlighten me?

Hello. I was wondering if there are any good sources (books, papers, talks, etc.) on Indo-Japanese history in the early modern and modern periods (1600 onwards). Specifically, I was interested in exploring whether there were any connections between Dutch trading settlements in India (Bengal, Coromandel, etc.) and those in Japan (Dejima in Nagasaki). It could be a comparative study or look at connections and networks between the two or anything else. Can be a social, economic, cultural, political history or anything else as well.

Please let me know if there's anything I could look at. Thanks!

As a Korean American myself this is something I've always wondered, especially since there's not much information I can find about the Korean American experience prior to the Korean War. I know that during WW2 Korean Americans faced racial discrimination, but I was curious if legally they were considered Japanese due to the annexation of Korea in 1910. If so, were Korean American also interned with Japanese Americans? I do know about the 442nd Infantry Regiment, which consisted almost entirely of Japanese Americans, and notably the only Korean American officer Colonel Young-Oak Kim. Were there other Korean Americans that also served in the 442nd/WW2 in general?

I know that there's a lot of focus on the Japanese American experience during WW2 simply because the US was at war with Japan, so I would love to hear more about any Korean American experiences during this time period.

Have been doing some research on ancestors who consistently travelled back and forth from Ireland to the US. They would only stay in the US for a month and then go back again. Then to return to the US a few months later. And repeat the process.

What were they doing? Trading? Importing and exporting goods? Was this a common thing to travel back and forth?

Hello historians,

I am a horse trainer with a love for history. One of my lifelong goals is to learn how to train a war horse.

Are there any first hand accounts describing the training and movements of these animals? What, exactly, where they trained to do? Almost all historical fiction (I have not been successful in finding helpful real, historical accounts) describe the movements using terms such as "spin" "kick", and"rear". How did they spin, straight bodied to create a wall to plow over people? Neck turned to be faster and more flexible? They "kicked out", how? Both back feet in a crowhop? A single foot strike? Were their shoes also moded as weapons (spikes, ect.)? Were these large horses described as graceful? Fast? Frightening?How were war horses viewed by soldiers witnessing them? Is there any descriptions on what made the ideal war horse?

My goal is to be able to analyze these accounts, figure out what exactly these horses were trained to do, modify it to present day training practices, and train a historically accurate war horse for demonstration purposes.

Thank you for your time.